Heat blocking curtains

Step 1 Materials:

2-3 Emergency blankets/foam reflective pads/ windshield blockers*
Roll of 2" wide tape (I used aluminum tape)
Bag of Grommets and crimper
Bag of curtain hangers

*I don't know about in the US - I've had these before in my camp pack as "emergency blankets" for protecting you in the event of shock or if you have to sleep somewhere in the cold. The emergency blankets don't have any backing on them, so maybe you might want to glue some foam/paper/cloth to the back. Super 77 tack is perfect for this.

I'm currently in Japan, and in the 100Yen shops (great places for makers - come to Japan just to stock up for supplies) they have these mats that are meant to be used as picnic mats.

Comments

[all_thumbs]

Draping some emergency blankets across the windows with clothes pins or office tape, brings quick and cheap relief. I have used it for years. The downside is that all women hate it. No big wonder, there were never any women the Apollo lunar lander.

[laernmoer]

That might work, good luck with that! Again, i just used trial and error to see if it would work. Thanks for the comment

[fayrho]

Thank you for this idea. I live in Oklahoma, and have been looking for an inexpensive way to reduce the heat in an east-facing room. I'm going to try this-or some version of it.